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The Pasadena Star-NewsTue, 03 Mar 2015 12:09:53 -080060As the Los Angeles Philharmonic prepares for its Asian tour that begins March 19, the next two weeks of Walt Disney Concert Hall concerts will feature music to be played on the 12-day journey.

The music, which will be performed over eight concerts in four cities during the tour, will be conducted by music director Gustavo Dudamel from Thursday to March 8 and include Mahler's massive Symphony No.

That's the refrain that has been echoing from Los Angeles Opera since early January as the company explores the musical and political ramifications of the savvy servant/cultural revolutionary who was brought to life by the French playwright Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais.

]]>Mon, 02 Mar 2015 14:41:47 -08002015-03-02T14:41:47-08:002015-03-02T14:41:47-08:00It's hard to imagine a song more profoundly affecting than Glen Campbell's "I'm Not Gonna Miss You," the centerpiece of the "Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me" film soundtrack. It's the last song he will ever record.

Co-written by Campbell with Julian Raymond, the song from the 2014 documentary chronicling the singer's struggles with Alzheimer's disease won the 2015 Grammy for best country song and was nominated for an Academy Award for best song.

]]>Mon, 02 Mar 2015 11:59:32 -08002015-03-02T11:59:32-08:002015-03-02T11:59:32-08:00Going where no company has gone before is nothing new for Los Angeles' Pacific Opera Project, known for presenting pieces with novel settings and themes.

In December it offered Giacomo Puccini's "La Boheme, aka 'The Hipsters,' " a modern-day revamp of the late 1800s classic, at the

LA PUENTE>> Guns N' Roses drummer Matt Sorum kept a steady beat as the band performed a rousing rendition of "Knocking on Heaven's Door." The famous rocker was jamming with students at Santana Alternative High School.

Sorum had just adopted the La Puente school as part of his Adopt the Arts program.

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Van Morrison, one of the most respected blues-rock singers ever, will release "Duets: Re-Working the Catalog" on March 24. Morrison opted to go for deep cut chestnuts to re-record with a variety of guests while ignoring hits from throughout his career that began as singer of British Invasion group Them in 1964.]]>Wed, 25 Feb 2015 18:58:28 -08002015-02-25T18:58:28-08:002015-02-25T18:58:28-08:00Since Alex Steinweiss created the first record cover for Columbia Records in 1938, music and art have had a love affair.

The Forest Lawn Museum in Glendale celebrated this union 10 years ago with the exhibition "Revolutions," toasting the artists behind seminal work linked to the music of the 1960s-'80s.

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Two major developments accompanied the Pasadena Symphony's 2015-16 season announcement, both of which continue the orchestra's rebound from the depths of its 2008 recession-caused financial woes.

First, the orchestra has extended the contracts of Music Director David Lockington and Principal Guest Conductor Nicholas McGegan through the 2018-19 season.

]]>Tue, 24 Feb 2015 11:50:11 -08002015-02-24T11:50:11-08:002015-02-24T11:50:11-08:00During the recording of "Mono," the Mavericks decided to mix the record in monaural sound, the way many of the old records the band listens to for inspiration had been recorded.

It's the kind of quirky move that could have backfired in lesser hands, but the Miami-based country band has the confidence and the smarts to excel in mono, stereo or even quadraphonic.

]]>Mon, 23 Feb 2015 11:13:36 -08002015-02-23T11:13:36-08:002015-02-23T11:13:36-08:00PASADENA >> Heavy rains put a damper on the second day of Air + Style, the two-day extreme sports and music festival at the Rose Bowl. Still, for its first run in the United States, the event brought quite a show at the Rose Bowl for fans who didn't mind getting soaked.]]>Sun, 22 Feb 2015 19:09:17 -08002015-02-22T19:09:17-08:002015-02-22T22:32:24-08:00
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PASADENA >> While some fans hated the rare Southern California rainy day, famed DJ Steve Aoki didn't let it put a damper on his set during the first U.S. Air + Style extreme sports and music festival presented by Olympic medalist PASADENA >> Alex Ebert showed Air + Style what it means to sing in the rain as he and his band Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros performed an hour-long set on the Main Stage on Sunday.

"You guys look happy, actually," said Ebert, the band's frontman who sang most of the set out from under the stage's roof to be amongst fans.

]]>Sun, 22 Feb 2015 19:08:18 -08002015-02-22T19:08:18-08:002015-02-22T19:08:18-08:00PASADENA >> The mash up of sports and music continues at the Rose Bowl today on day two of Shaun White's Air + Style with nine more bands on two stages.

The fist music act Sunday is noise rock band

PASADENA >> Tennis System has nothing to do with sports -- well, except that the Los Angeles band will be performing at the extreme sports and music festival known as Air + Style this weekend.]]>Sat, 21 Feb 2015 00:01:00 -08002015-02-21T00:01:00-08:002015-02-21T23:19:17-08:00PASADENA >> It seems like Air + Style killed Kendrick Lamar's vibe on Saturday night as the Compton native put on a passionate but short show that was stopped early due to sound issues.

The Grammy-nominated rapper was supposed to perform an hour-and-a-half set to close the first night of the extreme sports and music festival, but instead he started about 10 minutes late and performed for only about 45 minutes before leaving the stage abruptly.